Overview
- India A closed Day 3 on 541 for 8 to lead Sri Lanka A by 175 runs after B Sai Sudharsan converted an overnight 104 into a career-best 168.
- Sri Lanka A had earlier been bowled out for 366 in their first innings, with captain Sahan Arachchige top-scoring with 127.
- On Friday Sudharsan and Devdutt Padikkal put on an unbroken 181 for the second wicket to take India A to 247 for 1 at stumps, with Padikkal stranded on 94.
- India A bowlers Gurnoor Brar and Saransh Jain shared the bulk of the wickets in Sri Lanka’s innings with four apiece while Keshara Nuwantha and Dilum Sudeera worked long spells for the hosts in reply.
- The slow Galle pitch has demanded patient batting and the four-day unofficial Test is shaping selectors’ choices, raising Sudharsan’s promotion prospects and highlighting both Arachchige’s red-ball form and Zeeshan Ansari’s struggles in his red-ball return.